RED FIRE FARM TOMATO FESTIVAL
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Rain or shine!
Every year, we have an unbelievable selection of amazing and often award-winning tomatoes for you to taste. It's a great day at the farm, with everything from a 5K Tomato Trot field race to hay rides to cooking demonstrations to live music to crafters and a smorgasbord of local fare from area producers. Come and visit!
Click for a little video of what the Festival is like!
Here are details from our 2011 Festival Below
This year's Festival was great! We had a few showers, but hurricane Irene held off until Sunday - thank you Irene!
Results are now posted for the 2011 Tomato Trot 5K!
A great trail race through the fields!
Click here to download a text file of all the 2011 results. Nice run everybody! Thank you for coming out!
Festival Schedule and Details From 2011
10:30 AM - Tomato Trot 5K starts. Day-of registration and sign in opens at 9 am.
Main Festival opens 12-5. Admission is $5, kids under 12 get in free. CSA and Farmstand Members get two free entries per share/membership.
In the GUEST CHEF TENT
1:15 PM - Ben Lester -- Wheatberry Cafe, Amherst MA
2:30 PM - Jose Duarte -- Taranta, Boston MA
3:45 PM - Cathie Albrecht -- 3 Café, Springfield MA
WORKSHOPS in the barn 
12:15 PM - Food Preservation for the Home Kitchen with Margaret Christie of CISA
1:30 PM - Home Composting - by David Morill, Center for Ecological Training
2:45 PM Grain Milling for Home Use - by Ben Lester, Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain
and Wheatberry Cafe
4:00 PM - Flower Arranging with Joanna Brown, Red Fire Farm's Flower Grower. Please BYO flowers from the PYO patch to arrange!
On the MUSIC STAGE
12:00 PM - Mike Risberg, Ben Truboff, and Sasha Hsuczyk
1:15 PM - Eva Capelli and the Watershops
2:30 PM - Infinite August
3:45 PM - Meg Hutchinson
Kids Activities
12-5 All kinds of free fun events for all ages.
And the Famous Tomato Tasting
12-5 All afternoon in the Tasting Tent
BANDS PLAYING LIVE
Local Music to go with your Local Food! All these gals and fellas make their music in this here Pioneer Valley, and they make it up fresh :).
Please click on the photo to go find out more about each band and hear some of their music.
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INFINITE AUGUST: |
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MIKE RISBERG,
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CHEFS teaching their trade
We have a lineup of folks involved in bringing great food to the table to give you teachings on cooking scrumptious seasonal dishes.
CATHIE ALBRECHTChef Cathie Albrecht serves organic produce from her garden at the amazing local breakfast eatery 3 Cafe in Springfield, MA. She has a flair for baked goods and for cooking with the best ingredients. |
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JOSE DUARTEChef Jose Duarte, of Taranta in Boston, was selected as the 2011 Massachusetts Chef of the Year! He also does some crazy cooking classes out there at his green restaurant, so he'll be rocking the chef tent with his recipes. |
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BEN LESTERBen Lester, cofounder of Wheatberry Cafe in Amherst, will be sharing his passion for real, delicious, and health giving foods like the ones he serves every day at the cafe.
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ARTISANS with beautiful things to sell
Good Dirt PotteryStoneware and utilitarian ware, dishware and fountains. http://www.gooddirtpottery.com |
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Molly MastColorful and Quirky repurposed digs for free-spirited kids of every age. |
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Rainbow KidsRainbow kids is a small home-based business, located in Wales, MA, which specializes in creating vibrant and unique tie-dyed clothing. http://www.rainbowkidstiedye.etsy.com |
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Solstice HerbalsHandcrafted herbal skin care products lovingly made with our own herbs infused in high quality organic oils and vinegars to create unique recipes that enhance and heal your skin. |
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Mountain to Seas Knits
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Redhaven WorkshopAprons for men, women and children; bonnets for little girls; clothespin bags and fun felt accessories. http://www.redhavenworkshop.com/ |
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Melissa SucheckiSilver and beaded jewelry. http://www.etsy.com/shop/MySilverology |
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Holistic MommaAll organic, pure skincare products. http://www.holisticmommaorganics.com/ |
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WORKSHOPS - to up your knowledge
Come to the festival to learn some great techniques and skills from folks who know.
- Food Preservation for the Home Kitchen
- Flower Arranging with Seasonal Flowers
- Home Composting
- Grain Milling for Home Use
VENDORS - feeding us delicious preparations
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BARTS HOMEMADE ICECREAMGet some local scoops of all kinds of Barts Icecream to cool off! |
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KATALYST KOMBUCHA"The wisdom of Kombucha has been providing health and vitality in small villages across Asia and Europe for thousands of years, originating in Manchuria around 220 BC. Kombucha is a living symbiotic colony of beneficial yeast and bacteria. The resultant mixture is high in B-vitamins as well as an assortment of pro-biotics (beneficial bacteria including lactobacillus acidophilus and s.Boulardii). " |
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REAL PICKLES Real Pickles will be sampling their locally sourced, locally made raw fermented pickles, krauts, and more. Real Pickles makes naturally fermented vegetables, including dill pickles, garlic dill pickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, red cabbage, ginger carrots, tomatillo hot sauce, garlic kraut and beets. All of our products are raw, organic and made using a traditional natural fermentation process that has been used for centuries all over the world. |
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TOM'S WILDFLOWER HONEYDelicious local honey from Ludlow, MA. |
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GOOD 4 YOU TEA |
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APPALACHIAN NATURALSAppalachian Naturals will let you taste their whole lineup of sauces and salsas. Salsas, sauces, dips, dressings. http://www.appalachiannaturals.com/ |
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DEBORAH'S KITCHENDeborah's Kitchen will have a spread of spreads for your toast and other jam applications. Low sugar, all natural fruit combination, preserved for superior taste and a healthier choice. introducing new no sugar choices sweetened with agave - all from Deborah's Kitchen, Littleton, MA. http://www.deborahskitchen.com/ |
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Thank you for reading, and we hope to see you there!